It is with mixed feelings that we write this update that Paul Sebring and Paul Waggoner have decided to go their separate ways in continuing their humanitarian efforts throughout the world. Paul Waggoner will return to Haiti to finish his vital work, while Paul Sebring will take Materials Management Relief Corps (MMRC Global) and relocate to an alternate disaster affected region. MMRC Global and Paul Sebring will remain here at http://mmrcglobal.org. Paul Waggoner will operate under MMRC Haiti and can be found at http://mmrchaiti.org. Please note that the separation is immediate. … [Read more...]

This is a guest post by Justin Scott; thanks so much to him for letting MMRC reprint it here. (and to Justin's incredible sister, Nurse Jessica Scott, for all her time spent with MMRC). Originally published at : http://guessworktheory.blogspot.com/2011/01/two-men-called-paul.html Cholera is a disgusting disease. Those who contract it experience an overwhelming tide of diarrhea and vomiting that without treatment dehydrates them to the point of death. My sister Jessica the heroine recently returned from Haiti, where she has been serving as a nurse for the last six months. During her stay she got a … [Read more...]

Yes!  MMRC will continue and we are going to kick it off with a Garden Fresh Salsa fundraiser in Ferndale, MI.  Big Paul, Little Paul, Nanci, Jack Aronson, we will all be there.  Would be great to see and meet anyone that wanted to stop by.  Big Thanks to Jack and Mike from Garden Fresh for making this happen on such short notice.  And to Boogie Fever for donating the space! … [Read more...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Port-au-Prince, Haiti (December 29, 2010)-United States aid worker Paul Waggoner has been released from Haiti's National Penitentiary.  Waggoner's nonprofit corporation, Materials Management Relief Corps (MMRC), is ecstatic to report that Waggoner is being transported to a safe location where he will receive immediate medical attention. Waggoner spent 18  harrowing days incarcerated in Haiti, accused of kidnapping a child despite undeniable evidence that the child in question had died at Haitian Community Hospital last February.   The child's death certificate confirmed this … [Read more...]

First of all, thank you for all of your support. I feel that saying thank you can't even begin to express the way I feel about the outpouring of help I see coming in to assist us. And yet there is still much I don’t see. I could have continued working in Haiti and would’ve been happy even though no one knew I was there. Of course I'd be really happy to not have had this disappointing chain of events even take place. It saddens me that MMRC's mission has been put on the back burner during this time, knowing our team is not out there concentrating on saving lives and that lives are lost rather than … [Read more...]

Port-au-Prince, Haiti (December 22, 2010)–US aid worker Paul Waggoner fears for his life in the notoriously dangerous National Penitentiary. Waggoner co-founded Materials Management Relief Corps (MMRC), a nonprofit corporation that provides humanitarian aid to the people of Haiti in response to the January 2010 earthquake. Waggoner is accused of kidnapping a child despite undeniable evidence that the child in question had died at Haitian Community Hospital on February 23, 2010, while Waggoner was organizing supplies at the hospital. Waggoner did not administer any medical care to the infant. A … [Read more...]

Port-au-Prince, Haiti (December 21, 2010)–Materials Management Relief Corps (MMRC), a nonprofit corporation that provides humanitarian aid to the people of Haiti since the January 2010 earthquake, is very concerned about the health of its co-founder Paul Waggoner who is being held in the notoriously dangerous National Penitentiary. Waggoner is accused of kidnapping a child last February despite witnesses and affidavits stating that the child had died. A death certificate exists for the child. Although food and water can be delivered to Waggoner, contacts who have recently seen him express concern over his … [Read more...]

Thank you to Anderson Cooper and the AC360 team for covering the story of Little Paul being wrongly imprisoned in Haiti.  We trust that CNN will follow up and that other news agencies around the world will continue to cover this miscarriage of justice against MMRC's Paul Waggoner. We are all working to get you out, LP! The full segment can be viewed here: http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/bestoftv/2010/12/17/ac.aid.worker.cnn.html The transcript is as follows: 00:05:29 >>> An american hospital volunteer is being held tonight in one of haiti's worst prisons, accused of kidnapping a … [Read more...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Port-Au-Prince, Haiti (December 17, 2010)—American aid volunteer Paul Waggoner, who is being held in Haiti’s National Penitentiary on kidnapping charges, had contact with a Haitian police officer today.  The officer, who has been supportive of MMRC's efforts in the past, reports that Waggoner is exhausted but safe for the time being.  He is currently sharing a cell with two other prisoners, one American and one Haitian.  MMRC Global, the nonprofit corporation that Waggoner co-founded with Paul Sebring, has received notification that the two other prisoners soon will be … [Read more...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Port-au-Prince, Haiti (December 16, 2010)--Materials Management Relief Corps (MMRC), a nonprofit corporation that provides humanitarian aid to the people of Haiti since the January 2010 earthquake, is urging Americans to contact US government officials demanding the release from jail of Paul Waggoner, co-founder of MMRC. Waggoner is being held at the notoriously dangerous National Penitentiary, accused of kidnapping an infant last February.  The child in question died at Haitian Community Hospital in Petionville late February while Waggoner was organizing supplies at the hospital. … [Read more...]